San Francisco officials say they are ready to accelerate many local redevelopment projects if it looks like they'll be eliminated by Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget cuts.

Dozens of cities and counties in California have rushed to approve redevelopment funds in the weeks after Brown first announced his proposed $5.7 billion cut to redevelopment, but San Francisco's agency has stayed out of the fray.

That could change, though, if it becomes clear the governor's proposal would eliminate funding for Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard or the Treasure Island development, Mayor Ed Lee told The Chronicle.

Lee said his office is "putting together steps" to ensure the projects are quickly approved if he and others can't broker a deal with Brown, as they tried to do in Sacramento on Wednesday.

Mayors from nine major cities and Brown met and agreed to form a working group to explore options besides eliminating redevelopment.

While Brown did not back down from his proposal, he did signal that he is willing to work with the big-city mayors, said Tony Winnicker, the mayor's spokesman.

But city staff will continue planning to expedite the approval of some redevelopment projects - which borrow money against the future value of a property to fund improvement to blighted neighborhoods - because negotiations could fall through and the funds could be cut.

"There's no rush to push things through prematurely," Winnicker said. "As a result of this meeting, he's not pulling the trigger immediately. That said, we realize days are important here."

While much of the development at Hunters Point will continue, agreements to pay for affordable homes with redevelopment funds have not yet been approved, said Fred Blackwell, head of the city's redevelopment agency.

It isn't clear whether developers can afford to build the housing without redevelopment funds, he said.

Under the original plan, the agency would issue money for each of the affordable housing sites once they were ready - something expected to take at least a year, Blackwell said.

But the agency could consider offering redevelopment money now for the affordable housing lots before all the details, including finding a developer, are worked out.